Full Text of HR0808 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 is | 3 | | a public school district serving the following high schools: | 4 | | Lincoln-Way Central and Lincoln-Way West located in New Lenox, | 5 | | as well as Lincoln-Way North and Lincoln-Way East located in | 6 | | Frankfort; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The District is governed by the Lincoln-Way | 8 | | Community High School District 210 Board of Education; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Board of Education has placed | 10 | | Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 on their 2015 | 11 | | Financial Watch List; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 is | 13 | | not a State agency; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Under the Illinois Constitution, the Auditor | 15 | | General's authority to conduct audits is limited to "public | 16 | | funds of the State" and case law has interpreted that phrase to | 17 | | mean only those funds directly appropriated or otherwise | 18 | | authorized by the General Assembly following the Governor's | 19 | | preparation and submission of the State budget; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Section 5 of the Intergovernmental Cooperation |
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| 1 | | Act provides that "one or more public agencies may contract | 2 | | with any one or more other public agencies to perform any | 3 | | governmental service, activity or undertaking or to combine, | 4 | | transfer, or exercise any powers, functions, privileges, or | 5 | | authority which any of the public agencies entering into the | 6 | | contract is authorized by law to perform ..."; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, The General Assembly urges the Auditor General to | 8 | | conduct a performance audit of Lincoln-Way Community High | 9 | | School District 210; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit | 13 | | of Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210 by entering | 14 | | into an intergovernmental agreement with the District that sets | 15 | | forth the scope of the audit; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That the performance audit include, but not be | 17 | | limited to, the following determinations:
| 18 | | 1. the District's sources of revenue during Fiscal | 19 | | Years 2005 through 2015; | 20 | | 2. the District's expenditures, by broad category, | 21 | | during Fiscal Years 2005 through 2015; | 22 | | 3. the amount, purpose, and uses of General State Aid | 23 | | received during Fiscal Years 2005 through 2015; |
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| 1 | | 4. whether, during Fiscal Years 2005 through 2015, the | 2 | | Board met its fiduciary responsibilities required by | 3 | | school board policy, including annually evaluating the | 4 | | Superintendent, annually reviewing the financial | 5 | | performance of the Board and the Superintendent and causing | 6 | | an audit to be made, adopting the annual financial plan of | 7 | | the Board, adopting a comprehensive long-term plan, and | 8 | | reviewing the Board's annual report on the outcomes of the | 9 | | District or any report submitted by the Superintendent; and | 10 | | 5. whether the Board and Superintendent are meeting | 11 | | their fiduciary responsibilities and ensuring compliance | 12 | | with the School Code and Board policies, including those | 13 | | related to the investment of school funds, procurements and | 14 | | contracts, construction activities, and budget transfers; | 15 | | and be it further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That Lincoln-Way Community High School District | 17 | | 210 is responsible for paying the Auditor General's costs in | 18 | | conducting this audit; and be it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That the District, the State Board of Education, | 20 | | and any other entity having information relevant to this audit | 21 | | cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General's Office | 22 | | in its conduct; and be it further | 23 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as |
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| 1 | | soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations | 2 | | upon completion in accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois | 3 | | State Auditing Act; and be it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | delivered to the Auditor General.
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